OANDA named Singapore's best forex broker in client satisfaction for third year in a row

NEW YORK, Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- OANDA, a global provider of innovative foreign exchange trading services, has won two awards in Singapore from Investment Trends, a specialist financial services research agency. OANDA was ranked No. 1 for the third year running for "Highest Overall Client Satisfaction", and was also awarded "Best Value for Money" in forex*. OANDA has won two awards every year the survey has been conducted by Investment Trends. The awards are based on a survey conducted by Investment Trends that received responses from 11,762 traders and investors in Singapore.

"These awards recognize OANDA's continuous efforts to improve our trading platform and develop new features, as well as our commitment to provide clients with high quality forex trading experiences backed by excellent customer support. It's good to see that OANDA's clients are satisfied with our reliable and easy-to-use FX trading platform: its superior quality of execution, innovative features, and tight spreads. Winning award for highest overall satisfaction is seen as highly prestigious," said K Duker, CEO of OANDA.

"It is a testament to our hard work and emphasizes our goal to be the most trusted partner for retail forex traders."

Investment Trends is a global research firm and has been conducting studies in the retail CFD, FX and online broking markets for over 10 years. The survey, conducted in September 2012, is the largest and most extensive study on the Singapore CFD and FX market, analyzing how traders and investors rate the leading FX and CFD providers.

"We are thrilled to be recognized by forex traders for our technology leadership and our reputation for excellence in client service. Singapore is an extremely competitive market, yet OANDA has a continuously growing number of clients because traders trust our services. We have increased our market share and we're pleased to see that traders recognize our commitment to help them succeed in the volatile FX market. It validates our work in providing innovative tools, data and information traders need – from traditional news sources, social networks, industry experts, and OANDA's own aggregated market data," says Marion Lang, Head of Sales and Marketing for OANDA.

*Based on the Investment Trends September 2012 Singapore CFD & FX Report

Notes to the Editors

About OANDA
OANDA Corporation has transformed the business of foreign exchange through an innovative approach to forex trading. The company's leading online trading platform, fxTrade, introduced a number of firsts to the marketplace, including immediate execution; instant settlement on trades; trades of any size between one unit and 10 million units; and interest calculated by the second. OANDA was the first online provider of comprehensive currency exchange information, and today the company's OANDA Rate® data are the benchmark rates for corporations, auditing firms, and central banks.

OANDA Corporation has seven offices worldwide, in Chicago, London, New York, Singapore, Tokyo, Toronto, and Zurich. OANDA is fully regulated by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the U.S. National Futures Association (NFA), the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC), the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA), and the Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA).

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